Editorial: Congratulations Giants!

This week it’s just too sweet to pass up sending out our congratulations to the San Francisco Giants for winning the World Series -- the second time in three seasons!

Wednesday’s victory celebration gave us a brief respite from the depressing news of Hurricane Sandy’s pounding of the East Coast and the shrill political soundbites of this election season.

We hope you enjoyed KSBW’s live coverage of Wednesday’s victory parade; it was fun to produce and we were proud to bring it to you.

We only wish the politicians like Nancy Pelosi and Gavin Newsome could have shown enough respect for the spirit of the celebration to stay out of the parade.

They could have gone and planted themselves on the VIP podium, but the parade should have been about the Giants and their fans.

Fortunately, the greatest lasting memory will be of more than a million people gathered to celebrate Buster Posey’s timely homeruns, Marco Scutaro’s perfect throw to the plate, and the entire pitching staff’s heroic efforts – especially Barry Zito. And no one will ever forget the Kung Fu Panda’s three homers in Game One of the Series.

This was a storybook season, with a lifetime of memories. We salute the 2012 World Series Champions, the San Francisco Giants!